{"id":215672,"date":"2023-09-14T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=215672"},"modified":"2023-08-29T10:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:16:46","slug":"bushwick-home-design-hira-sabuhi","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/bushwick-home-design-hira-sabuhi\/","title":{"rendered":"This Bushwick Oasis Brings Nature to an Urban Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The mirrored dividing wall and custom plaster mixed from Farrow and Ball paint applied to the walls adds depth and texture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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September 14, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Lisa Di Venuta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Joe Kramm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This Bushwick Oasis Brings Nature to an Urban Setting<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Traversing through Bushwick\u2019s industrial labyrinth of dive bars, graffitied warehouses, and uber hip coffee shops, one needs a moment of refuge. That was the goal for an artistic couple when they tapped Hira Sabuhi<\/a> to revamp their 1,600-square-foot garden duplex in 2021. Sabuhi, an architect who honed her skills at heavyweight firms like SOM and Rockwell Group, had recently launched her eponymous studio during the fall of 2020. \u201cI was looking to create with more intent,\u201d the designer muses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As CEO of Hidden X Soul, an art collective aimed at solving complex global conflicts via creative collaborations, Sabuhi was primed for a professional leap, pandemic notwithstanding. Her clients, impressed with Sabuhi\u2019s discerning portfolio and philosophical approach to architecture via Hidden X Soul, gave her carte blanche creative control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis project was a spatial execution of elevating the consciousness, maintaining a connection to nature in the midst of an urban setting,\u201d explains Sabuhi. She employed her novel approach to design and architecture, transforming her clients\u2019 2019-built, impersonal home into a tonal, textural sanctuary fondly named the Bushwick Oasis. It was a study in contrasts: Rough, site-specific industrial details merging with smooth, organic forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCreating with complete imagination is just as important as recognizing pragmatic restraints,\u201d recalls Sabuhi, like size. The brief entailed housing multiple programs in a mere 800-square-foot common area on the ground floor, intended as a living room, meditation zone, office, and full bathroom, while invoking a bucolic charm not readily apparent in Bushwick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The architect standing by the patio, where a Ztista steel-and-cellulose chair with a biopolymer cover by Fania Design adds a pop of orange to the earthy palette.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Transforming a Bushwick Apartment into an Urban Escape <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sabuhi rose to the challenge, cleverly employing refracting glass and two-way mirrors to optimize sight lines, with earthy Venetian plaster-clad walls to balance the mirrored features. Supply chain issues ever-present, Sabuhi specified Farrow & Ball paint for her contractor to make bespoke plaster that balanced the organic palette, which was accented with plum and chartreuse. It turned out to be one of her favorite pairings. \u201cThe juxtaposition between the synthetic nature of the reflective materials and soft edged millwork gives playful personality, celebrating the beauty of nature and the beauty of manmade at the same time,\u201d she affirms. Brutalist side tables, a sumptuous Italian sofa, and a surfboard-shaped, solid wood coffee table (which doubles as a tea station) complement the petite living area. In the dining room, modern chairs explore negative space, and a steel, hobnail wall art adds depth to the formerly boxy space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabuhi\u2019s client initially specified wide white oak planks for the entire ground floor. \u201cShortly before installation, the garden level was flooded,\u201d says Sabuhi. What could have been a crisis sparked inspiration. Looking for a more durable material, she specified a custom concrete tinted floor to match the plaster hues, creating a cozy cave-like dwelling. \u201cConcrete ended up being more in line with the vision, and arguably a more beautiful result,\u201d notes Sabuhi. Indeed, the texture invokes industrial Bushwick\u2019s legacy, while its light hue, cossetted by plush Moroccan rugs, embraces the quiet luxury the client wanted. It\u2019s a dreamy, multi-functional getaway from the city, within the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Achieving the ultimate indoor\/outdoor vibe, Sabuhi furnished the living area with Afra & Tobia Scarpa\u2019s Soriana sofa in leather, paired with Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl\u2019s Brutus side chair, and Ingo Maurer\u2019s Knitterling paper pendant overlooking the tea station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dining room\u2019s sturdy oak Ad Meliora table has a fluted base, surrounded by TRNK Angle II Armless Dining Chairs and Gentner Design\u2019s Hobnail Tile Wall Piece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Natural light bathes the ground floor rooms through the two-way mirrors installed by Sabuhi, who also added cove lighting that imitated the color temperature of sunlight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The mirrored dividing wall and custom plaster mixed from Farrow & Ball paint applied to the walls adds depth and texture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n